The No Bowl Winner

A note about that OTHER game, congratulations to Seattle's SeaHawks.
They played impressive football.  I think they have ushered in a new era in football
of fleet, fit, finessed gridiron gladiators. About the Broncos....Peyton showed up to play,

I'm not to sure what happened to his teammates.

Our game had some low and high scores as well.

Thanks to all challengers and a special welcome to new to the Pond player Amanda.

Our thanks also to Chickory for giving us all another game to play! Her haiku:

Ten thousand items

eleven ingredients

Mexican kitchen

To quote Karl, Chickory's wit and wisdom have been missed! I loved this for it's wit, humor, syllable count, construction and the game within the haiku . A menu and a game in just 17 cleverly crafted syllables!  Did you select your eleven ingredients? Mine are these:

Corn

Tomatoes

Onions

Peppers

Cheese

Cream

Frijoles

Meat

Rice

Spices

Cerveza 

Chickory expanded our Game Day fun while declining to compete. 

A winning generosity for sure.

Our naturalist Serendipity cleverly wove the GAMES together with her haiku about a Hawk.

House sparrow main course

Sharp shinned Hawk dines well this eve

Warm flesh heats her gut

Serendipity never ducks the realities of nature. In her environs a warm meal is often survival.

As it turns out, Serendipity did not need a TV to know the score. She predicted it.

The HAWKS dined very well.

Amanda showed up with a childhood gaming classic:

Hiding eyes counting

Others running, hiding fast

Shout, "Ready or not!"

What a charming haiku!
I could feel the rush of excitement from here. We all grew up playing hide and seek. Most of us were blessed to repeat the experience through our own children or loaners. Also, in classic Haiku form there are two halves of a whole concept. If you take out the middle line the message is still clear.  Well done Amanda. Alas, the subject was "menu".

Karl  brought home a big score with this recipe:

Embrace principle

Learning Loving Integrity

Fulfillment menu

This is my favorite entry. I love the concept of having a menu for fulfillment of life.

I so agree with him! To organize a life of principles with an eager reach for learning, for loving well, for bringing integrity to efforts large and small IS gourmet living. Remember the game LIFE? Traveling the roads, rolling the dice, filling your car up with pink and blue babies while trying to pay your  bills? In the Karl approach to a life lived well you need not roll the dice. Just take the high road! Unfortunately my favorite haiku is off  count with  8 syllables in the mid line.

Sigh!

I love our Monday Haiku game. I do not love judging.
So I'm taking a cue from the coaches of that other game
I'm sending in a replacement!

Sunday football fun
beer, wings, chips, dips and, more beer!
Cause brown bottle flu

Congratulations KARL, you are our winner.